Combined foldable camp-stool and cot.



A. ARNT.

COMBINED FOLDABLE CAMP STOOL AND COT. APPLICATION HLED JULY 1. 1915.

1 1 88,234. Patented Jun 20, 1916.

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ALFRED ARNT, or BAINBBIDGE rowNstirP, BR'RRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO EDWARD HENDRICKS, or BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED FOLDABLE CAMP-swoon AND cor.

Application filed July 7, 1915.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED ARNT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bainbridge township, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Combined F oldable Camp-Stools and 'Cots, of which the following is a specification. I

The present invention relates to improvements in the construction of furniture.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide an article of furniture which may be readily converted from a chair or stool to a couch or cot, or vice versaand which, when not in use, may be folded to provide a small bundle or package for transportation or storage.

It is a further object of my invention to provide an article of this character which shall embody the desirable features of strength, durability, simplicity, and cheapness in construction.

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction,

" combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings there has been illustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of my improvement reduced to practice, it being understood that the nature of the invention is such that the same is subject to various changes in the details of construction without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of an article of furniture constructed in accordance with the present invention showing the same in the form of a couch, Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view throughthe same, Fig. 3 is a detail elevation illustrating the manner in which the brace member is arranged upon the sides at the hinge connection of the said sides, Fig; 4 is a detail sectional view taken through oneof the hinged sides and illustrating the manner in which the legs are sustained in an adjusted position with relation to the said side, Fig. .5 is a detail longitudinal sectional view through the sides at the hinged connection thereof, ig. dis a central vertical longitudinal sectional view through the device in the form of a chair or camp stool, Fig, 7 is a side elevation illustratingthe device in its folded or collapsed Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, 1916.

Serial No. 38,514.

condition, and Fig. 8 is a detail view, partlyv in elevation and partly in section to illustratethe manner in which the canvas body is sustained to provide the back of the chair.

In the reduction of my improvement to practice I provide longitudinal or side members 11, each comprising a pair of alining substantially rectangular bars which are approximately centrally hingedlysecured, as at 2. The members 1, adjacent their ends,

,are each providedwith elongated slots 3 and 1 respectively, the slots 4 being of a materially greater length than the slots 3. These slots are adapted to receive transverse connectmg members or rods 5 and 6 respectively, and the said members 5 and 6 are connected with'the leg members 7 and 8 respectively, The legmembers 7 are secured to the rod 5 at the endsthereof and are providedwith a transverse'brace or connecting member 9, which, when the device is set up as a couch, is adapted to underlie the sides which are provided with the slots '3. These members or the sides 1 are provided with a plurality of apertures 10 which are arranged at a right angle with respect to the elongated slots, and the numerals l1 designate pins or stops which; are adapted to pass through certainof'the apertures 10 and contact with the rod 5 to sustain the said rod in a long-itudin ally adjusted position within the slots 3. The elements inthe sides which are providedwvithelongated slots 4 at a suitable distance from the said slots are provided with an additional transverse connecting rod 12zand secured to this rod and to the rod is acanvas'body 13. It will be noted that by providing the spaced'openings 10, the rod 5 may be moved longitudinally within the slots8 and sustained in proper position; within 1 the slots. to draw the canvas body 13 taut and the said rods may .be sus tained in such position by the insertion of the pins-11. I

In order to sustainthe'side members 1 in proper alinement when the device is set up as a couch, one of the said members is pro-f vided at its meeting end with a dowell l which is adapte dto be received in the socket 15 in the coacting member" and furtherto add tothe rigidity of the. device I provide catch: members in the nature of plates. 16 which are adapted taco-engage with both of the members comprising eachof the sides. As stated, the catch member 16 comprises plate that is hingedly secured, as at 17 to one 'of the elements of the side. The said side, at a suitable distance from its pivot, is formed with an inturned lug 18, and the coextending element of said side is provided with additional lugs 19 and 20, one of the same being arranged in a line with the lug 18 and the other being disposed below the plane of the lugs 19 and 20. The plate 16 is provided upon what I will term its upper edge with spaced depressions 21 and 22 and upon its bound edge and adjacent its end with a similar depression 23. Before the elements comprising the sides 1 are swung to their horizontal position, each of the plates 16 is moved to bring its depression 23 in position to receive the stud 20 in the depression. A downward movement of the elements comprising the sides will cause the studs 18 and 19 to be received within the depressions 21 and 22 in said plate 16. Allof these studs may be headed if desired, and by such an arrangement it will be noted that the device is rendered strong and effective at the joint thereof.

The rod 6 passes through the leg members 8 at approximately the central portion thereof, the said legs 8 being approximately twice the length of the leg members 7 and connecting the said legs 8 at one of the ends thereof is a bar or round 24. Arranged upon this round is a canvas 25, and the opposite end of said canvas is secured to a bar or round 26 that is securedto the sides 1 forward of the slots' l and opposite but spaced from the bar 12. This canvas provides the head for the couch, as well as the seat for the stool when the device is set up as such. The legs 8 are provided on one of their edges with studs or pins 27 which are adapted to be passed through suitable openings in the opposite ends of a removable brace bar 28, the said brace bar underlying the elements comprising the sides 1 and so forming a means for retaining the legs 8 at a desired inclination with relation to the said sides. The members provided with the slots & are formed with a plurality of apertures 29 which communicate with the said sockets, and these apertures are adapted to receive suitable pins 30 forming stop members which contact with the rods 6 to'prevent the sliding of the said rod within the slots 4.

The side members 1 to which the brace plates 16 are pivotally connected are provided with additional studs 31 which receive the depression 23 in the said plates 16 when the device is set up to provide a camp stool or chair and also oneof the elements comprising each of the sides 1 is provided with a hook 32 which is adapted to engage in an eye 33 in the co-acting side element when the sides are folded against each other and the device convertedinto a chair. When in such position, the legs 7 are swung against the elements comprising the sides 1 to which they are pivo-tally connected by the rod or bar 5, and as the brace 9 contacts with the second element of the sides the same will be effectively sustained in this position. The pins 30 have been previously removed to permit of the rod 6 sliding in the slots 4 so that the ends of the side members 1 provided with the said slots 4 in reality form one of the legs of the chair.

The canvas body 13 has passed between the fold thereof a brace bar 33?, the said bar being preferably round in cross section for the major portion of its length and having its ends flat and provided with perforations again be inserted within certain of said apertures to engage with the rod 5 to hold the canvas 13 taut, as stated.

hen the device is collapsed or folded the leg members 8 are swung upon their pivotal connection with the bar or rod 6 against the elements comprising the sides 1 provided with the elongated slots 4.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the are to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.-

' Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: V V

1. In a convertible and collapsible article of furniture, hingedly connected side bars, brace members at the hinged connection of the said bars, the members comprising each of the bars having elongated slots, rods passing through the slots, leg members secured to the rods, brace members for the legs underlying and contacting with the side bars, one pair of said leg members being centrally connected with one of said rods, a round connecting the ends of these leg members, spaced rounds connecting the side bars, a canvas body upon one of these rounds and the mentioned round of the mentioned legs, and a second canvas body secured to the other round and to the connecting bar for the other pair of legs.

2. In a collapsible article of furniture adapted to be converted from a camp stool to a chair 0r vice versa, side bars, comprising each two alining members which are hingedly connected, studs upon the bars adjacent the hinged connection thereof, a brace member pivoted to one of the bars and having depressions entering from its opposite sides adapted to engage with the studs when the device is set up as a couch, longitudinally movable leg members arranged adjacent the ends of the bars, means for sustaining the leg members adjusted upon the bars, brace rods for the leg members contacting with the bars, one pair of leg members being of a greater length than the other and having their ends connected by a round, a canvas body secured to the round and secured'to the bars to which the said leg members are connected, a second canvas body also secured to said bars, and the last mentioned canvas being connected with the other leg members.

3. In a foldable article of furniture adapted to be converted from a canvas stool to a couch or vice versa, side bars comprising each a pair of hinged members having abutting ends, dowels upon the ends of one of said members, the other members being provided with sockets to receive the dowels, said bars being provided with elongated slots adjacent their ends, rods passing through the slots, legs secured to the rods, brace members for the legs engaging with the bars, means for sustaining the rods in' a longitudinally adjusted position in the slots, one pair of said legs being of a greater length than the other pair, a round connecting the ends of the last mentioned legs, a canvas body secured to the round, a second round connected with the bars receiving the canvas body, a rod passing through the bars adjacent the said canvas body, a second canvas body secured to this rod and with the rod connecting the other pair of leg members.

4-. In a foldable article of furniture adapted to be converted from a camp stool to a couch or vice versa, side bars having slots copies or this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

adjacent their ends, said bars comprising each a pair of hinged members, a dowel upon the end of one of said members, the second members having their ends provided with sockets adapted to receive the dowels 7 when the side members are in alinement and the device set up as a couch, rods passing through the elongated slots, legs secured to the rods, brace members for the legs engaging the bars, means, comprising removable elements passing through the slots and contacting with the bars for sustaining the bars adjusted in the slots, one air of said leg members being of a greater length than the other, a round connecting these leg mem bers, a canvas body upon the round, said body being secured to the bars to provide a head when the device is set up as a couch and; a seat when the device is set up as a stool, a second canvas body also secured to the bars adjacent the seat, this last mentioned body being also connected with the rod providing the connecting member for the other pair of legs, means for connecting the elements comprising the sides when the same are swung against each other when the device is set up as a stool, and a rod having flattened ends provided with openings adapted to be arranged between the fold of the last mentioned canvas body and to be received in the mentioned dowels of ,two of the members comprising the sides when the device is set up as a stool and whereby the said last mentioned canvas body provides the back for the stool.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED 'ARNT.

WVitnesses: c

F. L. HAMMOND, M. MURPHY.

Washington, D. 0." 

